Lewis Knox
Lewis Knox

Wirral Family Home Phase 1

Playing with colour and texture to create fun but grown up spaces

Playful yet practical children's bedrooms, designed to adapt with their owners changing needs.

Sector: Residential
Style: Contemporary
Location: Wirral, Merseyside, UK
Status: Completed 2022
Awards: Shortlisted Northern Design Awards 2022

We were delighted to be asked by a family who we previously designed nurseries for to create grown up rooms for their children’s developing personalities and needs. Their request was that the children could grow with the room designs. Flexible bespoke design is something we always work into our designs especially kids rooms which need to work extra hard as they develop in age and requirements.

Their daughter’s desire for lots of colour and pattern kept our team happy and she was thrilled with the outcome. Our bespoke headboard and scatter cushions sit pride of place with our chosen accessories and furniture, all picked with our client in mind. Her parents are thankful for this space as it provides lots of storage to keep the room tidy and organised as well as a built in desk.

For their little boy’s bedroom, a fun as well as practical display/storage solution was required. We designed an imaginative integrated bed with a mix of hidden cupboard storage and open shelving. We designed a den to double up as an alcove for a desk when he grows up and needs space to do homework. We allocated space elsewhere in the room for the bed to be moved when needed with sockets and lighting accommodated for later years. Graffiti inspired wallpaper and a burst of colour in the bespoke pendants, upholstery and furnishings have given him the “best bedroom ever!”

A colourful children's bedroom with a single bed centred beneath a patterned headboard, chevron bedcover and matching pillows, ombré striped wallpaper, a wall-mounted desk with toys and books, framed zebra prints and a wire pendant light decorated with small birds.
Bright, stylish bedroom with a large wooden wardrobe and built-in desk set into ombre striped wallpaper, a bed layered with colourful chevron pillows and blanket, a tufted armchair with teddy bears by the window, floating shelves of toys and books, and a decorative wire birdcage ceiling light.
The colourful patterned Missoni wallcovering adds a great focal point in this bedroom. The bespoke headboard acts as a backdrop for a layering of scatter cushions designed by the team.
Bedroom bedside scene showing a textured houndstooth headboard and white bed with a colourful chevron cushion, a blue bedside cabinet topped with stacked books and a clear acrylic chair, set against a pink-to-purple ombré wall with a framed pink butterfly print and small green parrot figurines.
Corner of a colourful room with a gradient wall displaying three framed whimsical animal prints (cockatoo on pink fluff, flamingo in trainers, cat with a heart balloon), two black floating shelves holding books, an hourglass, a wooden owl and a decorative 'M', a trio of green bird sculptures on a stand, and embroidered chevron cushions in the foreground.
Light oak wardrobe doors with round wooden knobs beside a dark open shelf holding a curved brass desk lamp, colourful patterned book spines and a striped blanket visible at the bottom.
Tufted patterned armchair with a blue bird cushion and a teddy bear beside a copper double-shade floor lamp, next to a window showing a red brick exterior and greenery, partially covered by spotted leopard-print curtains.

Children’s rooms need to be designed carefully and with three main considerations. Storage. Personality. Longevity.

Colourful children's bedroom with a teal built-in bed framed like a house and a red upholstered headboard, patterned pillows and quilts, open shelving with toys and books (teddy, toy robot, Minion figure, R2‑D2 model), two framed football photos on textured wallpaper, red-and-yellow pendant lights and a brown leather trunk on the floor.
A colourful modern children's bedroom with a teal geometric built-in bedframe and burgundy padded headboard, patterned blue and yellow bedding and hexagon-print cushions, open shelving with toys and books, textured wallpaper, framed sports photos and a cluster of red, yellow and blue drum pendant lamps overhead.
Bespoke joinery creates a cosy bed alcove and storage for our young client’s toy collection. Recessed reading niches allow him to store his essentials like storybooks and a glass of water.
Close-up of a colourful bedside with teal bedding and a geometric-pattern cushion against a vertical red upholstered headboard, a flexible reading lamp mounted at the side, and built-in blue shelving holding a smiling Minion toy in a cubby and a row of books above.
Cluster of large cylindrical pendant lampshades in blue, red, yellow and grey suspended from a white ceiling by colourful cords, with teal shelving and a teddy bear visible in the background.
Close-up of a teal built-in cabinet with cream circular knobs on three drawers beside textured blue-and-white patterned wallpaper, a recessed shelf holding a LEGO R2‑D2 model and a brown leather trunk at the base.
Blue quilt with a white geometric star pattern draped over a teal upholstered bed skirt and exposed brown bed base above a textured grey woven rug.

When we design children’s bedrooms we always work to at least a 5-7 year life span. However electrics, storage and lighting are designed to last much longer with just the decor and loose furnishings to be adapted to suit their next stage. It’s this planning and detailing our design studio excels in, creating homes for our clients to effortlessly live their lives in and in future years as their families and lives evolve.

Bright modern child's bedroom with a teal built-in bed and geometric shelving, textured blue-and-white wallpaper, a window with striped curtains, colourful drum pendant lights, a shark-themed armchair, a desk with a toy car and framed sports photos, and a brown leather trunk.

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These clients were a dream, allowing us to create colorful havens for their children. Practicality was still a main priority. We worked hard to create bespoke joinery which will last.

Simon, Interior Architect

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